Apple has officially unveiled the all-new MacBook Pro portable computer, a model equipped with a high-quality 16-inch Retina display. The screen has a resolution of 3072 × 1920 pixels. Pixel density reaches 226 PPI - dots per inch. The developer emphasizes that each panel is individually calibrated at the factory, so that white balance, gamma and primary colors are […]
The Chinese conglomerate Tencent bought a stake in Sumo Group, owner of the Sumo Digital studio. The Chinese company has entered into an agreement with Perwyn, an investor in Sumo Group and the studio behind Crackdown 3, to acquire 15 million shares, giving Tencent a 9,96% stake in Sumo Digital. Following the sale of its shares to Tencent, Perwyn's stake will be reduced to 17,38%. “We are pleased to invest in […]
It is indeed no coincidence that the updated Mac Pro recently appeared in the documents of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and then on the Instagram of the popular Scottish singer-songwriter and music producer Calvin Harris. Apple, along with the announcement of the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, announced that it would begin sales of the workstation in December. Let us remind you: aimed at the professional market and [...]
So, it's done. The new generation Motorola Razr smartphone has been officially presented, rumors about which have been circulating on the World Wide Web throughout the year. The device is made in a folding stainless steel case. The key feature of the new product is the flexible internal Flex View display, which folds out 180 degrees. This screen measures 6,2 inches diagonally and has a resolution of 2142×876 pixels. It is stated that […]
Introduction HR of a manufacturing company asked to write what a system administrator should do? For organizations with only one IT specialist on staff, this is a tricky question. I tried to describe in simple words the functional levels of one specialist. I hope this will help someone in communicating with non-IT Muggles. If I missed something, my senior comrades will correct me. Level: Technician Tasks. Economic issues are resolved here. […]
The topic of blockchain never ceases to be a source of not only all sorts of hype, but also ideas that are very valuable from a technological point of view. Therefore, it did not bypass the residents of the sunny city. People are looking closely, studying, trying to transfer their expertise in traditional information security to blockchain systems. So far, it’s spot on: one of Rostelecom-Solar’s developments can check the security of blockchain-based software. A […]
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China has issued a license to Tesla for mass production of electric cars in the country. Information about this appeared on the department’s website on Wednesday. Earlier, there were reports that the company had begun production of Model 3 electric cars at a plant in Shanghai in small volumes in preparation for mass production. Bloomberg resource sources confirmed that the Tesla plant […]
Hello, Habr! I present to your attention a translation of the article “6 Promising Applications for the Industrial IoT”. Interface matters Throughout the history of the creation of artificial objects, people have had to invent different ways to interact with the material world around them. Whatever hand tool you pick up (like a stone axe), there is always a handle that allows our human hands to use this […]
After a two-month break - another update in the Intel processor series. The Xeon W family of server processors for workstations almost tripled in size overnight. More precisely, in two moments: a little earlier, the new Xeon W-3000 line appeared in the catalogs, and now we meet representatives of Cascade Lake in the W-2000 line. Despite the similarity of the indices, the two [...]
The DigiTimes resource was able to hear an assessment of the current state of the video card market as presented by one of the participants in the chain of their production - the company Power Logic, which supplies graphics cards with cooling systems. The new facility in China should enable Power Logic to increase production volumes by 20% next year compared to the current year. This growth will be needed not only by the market [...]
Hi all! My name is Dmitry Samsonov, I work as a leading system administrator at Odnoklassniki. We have more than 7 thousand physical servers, 11 thousand containers in our cloud and 200 applications, which in various configurations form 700 different clusters. The vast majority of servers run CentOS 7. On August 14, 2018, information about the FragmentSmack vulnerability was published […]
Following the big update to Intel Xeon W for workaholic workstations, new Xeon E processors for entry-level servers were released. Compared to its predecessors, the number of cores has increased, but the price has remained the same - that is, in terms of the Xeon E core, they have also become cheaper. Meeting the Xeon E may surprise those who have associated […]
